Islam in Pakistan and Bangladesh

In what year did Bangladesh become independent?

• 1945
• 1947
• 1962
• 1971

In what year did Pakistan become a nation?

• 1945

• 1947

• 1962

• 1971

What is the former name of Bangladesh?

• East Pakistan
• West Pakistan
• Pakistan
• Kashmir

Islam is the dominant religion in all of the following countries / regions EXCEPT:

• Pakistan

• Kashmir

• Bangladesh

• India

Where did civilization in South Asia begin?

• Ganges Plain

• Brahmaputra River

• Indus River Valley

• Himalaya Mountains

What civilization started in Pakistan ?

• Myan

• Indus Valley

• Aztec

• None

End of British Rules in 1947 brought partition to India. Partition was the separation From India of the new Muslim country of West and East Pakistan. This was a period of violence between Muslims and Hindus where about 1 million people died. With the help of India (civil war) , in 1971, East Pakistan won its independence from West Pakistan and became the country of Bangladesh.

• True

• False

What do the countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh export that is the same?

• rice and cotton garments

• fish and leather

• leather garments and fruit

• none

The islamic custom of preventing women from having contact with men who are not relatives and while in public they wear veils to hide their faces, is called what?

• purdah

• purdue

• islam

• none of the above

What is the difference between Pakistan and Bangladesh in regards to Islam?

• Pakistan is more strict in imposing Islamic law on its citizens

• Bangladesh is more strict in imposing Islamic law on its citizens

• Neither follow islamic law

• none of the above